Catawba center to play vital role in smart-fibers initiative with MIT offshoot

Dan St. Louis, right, stands with Ettore Lonati with Lonati SPA of Italy

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Dan St. Louis, right, stands with Ettore Lonati with Lonati SPA of Italy

Dan St. Louis believes the Manufacturing Solutions Center in Conover will soon play a unique role in bringing smart fibers, connected clothing and other 21st-century textile products to market.

But he can’t tell us all the details about how the center will work with the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology offshoot. Those details will have to come from the AFFOA, he says.

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